Invarianza transcultural de la estructura bifactorial del locus de control entre España, Chile y Reino Unido

Suárez-Álvarez, Javier; García-Cueto, Eduardo; Pedrosa, Ignacio; Muñiz, José

doi:10.15517/ap.v29i119.18494

Authors

Javier Suárez-Álvarez Departamento de Psicología. Universidad de Oviedo. Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1619-6269
Eduardo García-Cueto Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Oviedo. Author
Ignacio Pedrosa Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Oviedo Author
José Muñiz Universidad de Oviedo Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15517/ap.v29i119.18494

Keywords:

Locus of control, cross-cultural validity, factorial invariance, Multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis, ordered-categorical data.

Abstract

Locus of control (LOC) is an often studied variable owing to the important role it plays in different contexts. Nonetheless, there is no unanimous agreement about how many dimensions make up the factorial structure of the locus of control. The goal of this research was to add new evidence of cross cultural validity in relation to the bifactorial invariance of the LOC. The test was given to a total of 1,781 participants from Spain (697), Chile (890) and The United Kingdom (194). The study of the factorial invariance between the groups was carried out using multigroup confirmatory factor analysis models for ordered-categorical data. The progressive evaluation of factorial invariance confirms that factor loadings, thresholds and error variances are invariant across groups. Relevant cross-cultural differences in LOC between Spain, Chile, and United Kingdom were not found (PS < .50).

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Author Biographies

Javier Suárez-Álvarez, Departamento de Psicología. Universidad de Oviedo.

Personal docente e investigador. Departamento de Psicología. Universidad de Oviedo
Eduardo García-Cueto, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Oviedo.

Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Oviedo
Ignacio Pedrosa, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Oviedo

Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Oviedo
José Muñiz, Universidad de Oviedo

Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Oviedo

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